
Five Weeks in a Balloon
- PG
- Year:
- 1962
- 101 min
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Here am I, what a lucky guy
As the world
goes floating by
In the open air without a care
Five weeks in a balloon
I wouldn't trade
my place today
With the king of Mandalay
High and low and away we go
Five weeks in a balloon
Now when I'm floatin'
high up in the blue
I'm taller than an elephant
So come with me
and you will see
Why I'm happy as can be
And you'll be too
when you've been through
Five weeks in a balloon
With the wonders
And the limitless sky
up above me
I will touch the stars
and bow to Mars
Five weeks in a balloon
During the day
I will ride on a sunbeam
During the night
I will rest on a moonbeam
I'll be lulled to sleep
No counting sheep
Five weeks in a balloon
When I'm floatin'
high up in the blue
I'm taller than an elephant
So come with me
and you will see
Why I'm happy as can be
And you'll be too
when you've been through
Five weeks in a balloon
And you'll be too
when you've been through
Five weeks in a balloon
Professor, can't you do something?
- Fergusson, you fool!
- Hey, what?
This is madness!
Stark insanity!
Are we all to be smashed
to smithereens in this fool machine?
That was not my original intention.
Take her up, man! Throw out
the ballast. Isn't that how it's done?
Very true, except
that we carry no ballast.
- No ballast?
- No ballast except ourselves.
Unless one of us would like
to jump overboard to save the others.
Sir Henry?
Oh! It's too late!
Very well, Professor.
Explain what happened.
I was very happy to oblige.
- How?
- Which is?
- Explain it, Jacques.
Yes, sir. Gentlemen.
The gas circulates through the pipes
into this heating chamber.
We turn up the heat,
the gas expands, and up we go.
We turn down the heat, and
we drop like a busted balloon.
No! No! Don't do that!
Up here, gentlemen, you're
as safe as in your own beds.
For the first time, a balloon can rise
or descend without loss of any gas.
Very ingenious, no doubt, but was it
necessary to treat us to cheap theatrics?
Well, my apologies, Sir Henry...
but so many of my brilliant inventions
have passed unnoticed...
that I felt this one might fare better if
presented with a certain dramatic impact.
You have proved
your point, Professor.
Now may we descend
in a less rugged area?
With pleasure.
Home, Jacques.
Sir Randolph, what are you doing here?
The same as you, sir.
After all, the professor's story
Yes, and here is a story
that will interest you.
Hmm? In trouble again.
Haul in the line!
- A fine show, sir.
- Very graceful, Professor.
- Marvelous. Marvelous.
- Thank you, all of you.
- A perfect landing, sir.
- More than that, sir. A perfect demonstration, eh?
Well, gentlemen, are you ready to take
another trip on my good ship Jupiter?
I-I-I have a pressing appointment, sir.
Ah, that's a pity.
Sir Henry, now that my balloon
is a proven success...
can I count on the backing of the Royal
Geographic Institute to carry out my plans?
Your plan, sir,
is completely lunatic.
Exploring East Africa in this-
this imbecilic contraption?
- Imbecilic?
- I know Africa.
Neither you nor your toy
would last a week.
How dare you refer to Fergusson's
masterpiece as a toy!
- Ha! Fergusson's folly, sir.
- Sir, you go too far.
I will go farther.
As president
of the Royal Geographic Institute...
I will not recommend one penny
for your preposterous project.
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